My techno-optimism

Vitalik Buterin argues that technology is overwhelmingly beneficial and that its benefits should not be discounted, but that the direction of technological development matters and needs deliberate human choices rather than following profit alone. He cites the rise in life expectancy over the last century, which improved across all regions despite wars and other calamities, and notes that the 1952 London Great Smog was followed by a century of declining air pollution. He attributes these improvements to intentional action such as the Montreal Protocol, which helped the ozone layer recover, rather than to an automatic technological progression.